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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1960-05-11

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Reckless Requests
A. nation's postal service is its lifeline of communication. It is as essential as national defense, as sacrosanct as
freedom of worship and- as vital to orderly government as
the right to vote.
; Only the majesty of Government can maintain and
protect the United States Mails. Whether they move at a
profit or a loss is of far less significance than whether
they move speedily in the service of every American everywhere at moderate cost. Bills now pending for further rate
increases reflect a reckless misunderstanding of public responsibility.
It is high time that we reject once and for all the
notion of Postmaster General Summerfield that he is (or
should be) operating a business. In his preoccupation over
deficits he is confusing a vital function of Government with
the distribution of automobiles. Of course it costs taxpayers
money to run the Post Office Depai-tment. It also costs
money to run the other Administrative Departments —
State, Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Justice — also the
Courts and Congress. Mr. Summerfield should take pride
and comfort in the fact that the roughly $2.5 billion in
stamp money that he turns over to the Treasury each year
comes as close as it does in terms of pei'centage to matching: the cost iof the Department. If he were mayor of
Saginow, Michigan, would he expect the parking meters to
pay for the.police department?
, This .anattigy is not quite as absurd as it may sound.
The Postmaster is not :only asking that the individual pay
five cents instead of four for the stamp that his birthday
letter to Aunt Mary across the street or across the nation,
but; demanding similar increases in the various classifications'of mail that provide the basic medium of commercial
cofrimunication at all levels, which, the experts hope, may
share in stimulating a $500 billion national economy during
i960. If parking fees are too high, not so many people
will come downtown and shop. If postal rates go still higher,
business mail will decine — and so, in corresponding measure, will,buying and selling and jobs and profits and income and the. Federal tax-take.
s . .Thus, the Postmaster well might, if Congress is eare-
less enough and shortsighted enough to go atong with him,
get.-his further rate increases — and still have his deficit,
too. In that case, it will be a deficit that the Treasury will
have more difficulty in meeting.
Obligation To Know
There was a time when it was the rule, rather than
the exception, to be poorly informed about matters other
than those in one's immediate areas of concern. Relatively
few persons knew much about national affairs. Even fewer
oould engage in intelligent, informed discussion of foreign
affairs.
This has changed, though not as much as is widely
supposed. Americans are generally better informed than
they were before the days of radio, television and almost
universal newspaper readership. The opportunities to inform
oneself are vastly greater than they were a generation
ago. Yet many Americans continue to take the easy way
of keeping their heads in the sand instead of looking about
and trying to understand the winds of change that keep the
modern world.
It is still possible for an American citizen to get along
pretty well in his daily life without knowing much about
what is going, on. To do so is becoming more than ever a
renuciation of full citizenship, however. The obligation to
learn, to evaluate, to form iopinions about the. conduct of
foreign and domestic affairs, can no longer be evaded in
good conscience. . . ...
Few persons can afford the time required to be
thoroughly informed. All who fancy themselves good citizens must take the time to gain at least elementary understanding of the issues before us. Nothing less than that can
be regarded as fulfillment of the individual's basic obligation in a democracy.
Vol. 34 — No. 33
2 Sections — 14 Pages
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1960
10c Per Copy
Slate Auditor Lauds
Local School Board
Members of the board of education of tli0 Noi\h Canton Exempted Village School District
were singled out for praise today by State Auditor James A.
Rh.dcs for what he termed "a
job well done in the administration of tlie operations of your
school di.-triet."
Addressing -a letter to board
president, Robert P. Braucher
concerning the report covering
a period of twonty-six months
ending Feb. 29, I960 Rhodes,!
said thai all requirements of
law and of the Bureau of In
speetion and Supervision of Public Offices had been com-.lied
with, and added;
"I want to point out that
'the cash jourr.al has been ac
curately maintained; the balance- are reconciled mon,lily with
the depository; Ihp api:ropriatio"
ledger has boon properly maintained; no appropriation ac
counts have boon over-pneum
bered," ar.d "the minutes presented an accurate account of
board proceedings.''.
Rhodes went further to assert that "pro;/or records are of
great assistance to state examiners, reducing the time and ccst
of conducting such examinations."
"These constitute savings to
the taxpayers who must bear
the expense, and they also re-
fleet the interest of individuals
charged with keeping ,the records. Such public servants actually promote good government," he concluded.
State examiners, working under the supervision of the auditor, make periodic atidils of all
local political subdivisions, as
well as all state departments,
boards, divisions and commissions, to protect: the interests of
the taxpayers.
Uniontown Club Seats New Officers
Installed as 1960-61 officers of the Uniontown Junior Woman's Club at a dinner
meeting held Thursday at the Mayfair Country Club were (left to right) seated: Mrs.
George Fennen, president; and Mrs. Harold Yoak, vice president. Standing: Mrs. M. F.
Burt, adviser; Mrs. Don Gosche, treasurer; Mrs. Wallace J. Miller, historian; Mrs. Don
Lesh, recording secretary; and Mrs. Warren Hall, corresponding secretary.
Space Travel Theme
Of Rotary Program
A tape and slide program on
"Space Exploration" will be featured at the Thursday night
meetirg of the North Canton Rotary Club.
The program is provided by
Richard Emmons, director of
the North. Canton Planetarium.
--The. - dinner . meeting vvill be
held at thc Community Christian
Church.
Program chairman for May is
Harold Royer.
NO Board Goes Into
School Bus Business
The North Canton 'Board of
Education, at; a meeting Tuesday night, took a purchase option on a fleet of school busses
owned by R. G. Mortimer.
Mr. Mortimer has served thc
scho.il dislriet for ]() year, as a
contract operator.
The board's decision to own
and operate school busses results from inability to reach an
agreement oy, terms for a new
contract,
Tlie school board feels that it
will be le-s costly to the taxpayers under a board owned
and operated system.
Bus drivers and a supervisor
and maintenance man will be
employed by the board.
In other business tlie board:
ACCEPTED resignations from
lhe teaching s;aff from Mrs.
Martha Bishop, Miss Dorothy
Wells, Miss Sydney Briggs, Ly**.
"".i more, Mrs. Patricia McEl-
wain and Sam Leles.
AUTHORIZED advertisement
(Continued on Page Seven)
Join Patrol Parade
Expressway Ideas
All roads can't be expressways, but there are some
ideas we could borrow from these superhighways to make
other roads easier and safer.
Outstanding on expressways are the signs that let a
driver know what's ahead so he'll have plenty of time to
decide whether he'll turn off at the next outlet, stop for a
snack at the next refreshment area, or fill his tank at the
next service zone.
Also, a driver cruising along a superhighway is constantly kept informed of the towns and cities that can
be reached by roads leading from the next exit.
All this is done simply and economically by a wonderful system of green information and direction signs, specified
by the U.S. Bureau of public roads and placed so a driver
can see them easily and in plenty of time to act. At night
these signs reflect headlights brightly so a driver can read
their messages from far away.
Those of us who have driven for miles at night on a
strange rural road, uneasily alert foi: some indication that
we were on the right route, know how welcome and reassuring good signs would have been to us. It's difficult
to understand why our rural roads and highways are so
inadequately marked.
Making wide-lane expressways out of all our roads is
obviously impossible. Just keeping them in repair is costly
enough.
But providing good direction signs on rural roads and
state highways is certainly within the reach of any budget.
It won't make expressways out of our roads, but it certainly
Will give them one of the major safety advantages of
expressways.
Why. don't -we do it. .12
Uniontown Junior Women Hold
Spring Banquet And Installation
The one-year-old Uniontown Junior Woman's Club
which walked away with a special state award and six other
honors at the recent Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
convention in Cleveland, installed officers for the coming
year at a spring banquet Thursday, May 5, at the Mayfair
Country Club.
$100,000 Loan to Launch
NW Storm Sewer Project
Money took the stage at the Monday night council
meeting. Council, in emergency action, voted to borrow
.$100,000 from tlie Harter Bank & Trust Co. to proceed
with the construction of the proposed northwest storm
sewer project.
In other business they gave
first reading io an ordinance
authorizing 57.000 toward the
purchase of a $1-1,000 pr.;pony
west of town, ap;.roved the transfer of $7,000 from (he income
tax fund to tlie properly fund
for said purcha.se, and approved
the transfer of $15,000 from the
income lax fund lo th0 general
fund
The Harter loan will be for
Iwo years at ar. interest rate- of
3.5 per cent.
Council earlier this vear threw
out all bids on the project and
reaclvertised. They have awarded the contract io DoLuea Con-
Emily Swope Elected
To Council Post, Is
IFrfs' State Delegate
SiXtNorch Canton patrol boys were among 100 area
youngsters who l.eft Wednesday night to attend the 24th
National School Safety Patrol Assembly and Parade in
Washington.
They will return home Sunday, after visiting with Rep.
Frank T. Bow, and touring the Capitol, the FBI building,
the White House, Mount Vernon, and the various memorials.
They also will take trips to the National Zoological Park,
Washington National Cathedral, Annapolis and to the New
York Yankees-Washington baseball game.
Representing North Canton in the area delegation will be
(left to right) row 1: Lindell Russ, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Myers of 1229 Valley Blvd; and James Allen, 11, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Allen of 402 N. Woodside.
Row 2: Bob Ellis, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ellis
of 737 Deerfield Dr.; and Ricky DeBlander, 11, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex DeBlander of 921 Church.
Row 3: Jeff Ziegler, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brandt
Ziegler of 5522 Lipton NW. Keith Houser, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Houser of 5530 Circle Hill Dr., was absent
when the .picture was taken.
All six boys are in the sixth grade. Russ attends Portage
St. School. Allen, D.eBlander and Ellis are students at North
Canton Junior High. Houser and Ziegler attend Orchard
Hill.
The local contingent, which will join with 30,000 youngsters in the parade in the nation's capifol on Saturday morning, is sponsored by the Canton Automobile Club.
A daily report of the boys' activities will be broadcast
over-Canton radio-station WHBC by Al Francis,
Seated at the banquet were:
Mr.s. George Fennen, president;
Mrs. Harold Yoak, vice president ; Mrs. Don Lesh, Recording secretary; Mrs.' Warren
Hall, corresponding secretary;
a,;d Mrs. Wallace J. Miller, historian. Mr.s. Michael Karlo of
the North Canlon Junior Wo-
man'.s Club, advisor this pas
year, was the installing officer
In other "nu iness, six n e \.
members were initiated into itlu
'i'ii by Mrs. Edward Sweitzer.
This' brings the eiub's tota.'
membership to 84 with an ad
ditior.al associate member.
' The outgoing president, Mr.s
L. E. Cunningham, was in charge
of ihe meeting.
The highest award won liy th.
club at the recent conventioi
was the special state con.cr
vation award for outstanding
work with youth in the field o
conservation. They won this hon
or in com. eli.ion with al] jun
ior and senicr clubs in the state.
The Uniontown group also re
ceived a special honor .score:
card award in competition with
31 new junior clubs; won first
place for their yearbook, third
place for their ■ scrapbook, outstanding junior club in the district with membership over 50
and an honor roll award.
Devotions, at the meeting,
were given by Mrs. Paul Postlethwait. The club's choral group
sang several selections under
the direction of Mr.s. De.bert G.
_.mith, with Mrs Robert Keener as accompanist.
Committee and department
chairmen presented annual reports.
Chairmen for the coming year
appointed by the new president
are:
Mrs. Rolland Bowers, social;
Mrs. Claude Jones Jr. and Mrs.
Charles Gregory, ways and
means; Mrs. Fred Damerow,
telephone; Mrs. Delbert G.
Smith fine arts; Mrs. Harry
Loutzenheiser, public affairs;
Mrs. Gene Thursby, community
affairs; Mrs. Earl Loutzenheiser, American Home; Mrs. Rob-
erf Mickley, international affairs; Mrs. Mark Wise, communications; Mrs. Richard J. Neff,
conservation; Mrs. John Fegal,
education; Mrs. Norman Bart-
rug, project; Mrs. Paul Ruley,
press reporter; Mrs. Paul Postlethwait, membership; Mrs. Cecil Smith, hostess; Mrs. Kenneth Smith, budget; Mrs. Lawrence Cunningham, parliamentarian; Mr.s. Earl Stock, federation; Mrs. Carl Kessler, auditor; Mrs. James Butler, news
editor, and Mrs. Robert Ledger-
wood and Mrs. Lorin Millard,
friendly hostesses.
Freshman Girl's
Start Story Wins
National Honors
Parents Study Group
To Meet Tuesday
The Parents Study Group of-
Hoovqr High .School will meet
at the school's Little Theater-
Tuesday, May 17, at 8 p.m.
Speaking on "Plans and Problems of the School Board," will
be Robert Braucher, school
board president.
Main item of the business portion will be Ithe election of officers for ■ the coming year.
Glenn Piper, this year's .presi.
dent, will conduct the meeting.
CLrol Linden'berger
An original science-fiction
story won honorable mention
in the 1960 Scholastic Magazines Writing Awards for a
North Canton girl.
Carol Lindenberger, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lindenberger of 333 Witwer St.. won in
(he Junior Short Story Division
for her work, "The infallible.''
The timely story revo.ve.s
around two men, Lt. Ed Martin
and St. 'Bob Adams who are
transferred in time to 2,000 years
in the future. When trying to return to the present era, they
go too far, and end up in prehistoric times.
A freshman at Hoover High
School, Carol is enrolled in a
college preparatory course. Her
story was entered through her
English teacher, Mrs. Sally
Dougherty.
Carol i,s a member of the
Freshman Tri-Hi-Y and t h o
Freshman Chorus.
For her story, Carol will receive a certificate, a key and a
Sheaffer fountain pen.
Her name will be among
those winners listed in the May
18 issue of "Junior Scholastic."
Local Police Report
Three Minor M'shaps
North Canton police investigated three minor traffic accidents
in the village within the last
week.
Two occurred Tuesday, May
3.
At 5:47 p.m. Tuesday a car,
driven by Patricia L. Bryon, 23,
of Clarendon Ave. N.W., Canton, .struck a utility pole in ithe
600 block of Portage St.
Cars driven by Carl Morris,
45, of 445 -N. Main and Robert
H. Maxwell, 46, of Detroit, collided in the 400 block of N. Main
at 10:40 a.m.
On Monday, May 2, cars driven by Merton D. Carter, 36, of
1925 Penny Ave. N.W., and John
D. Risher, 43, of 2447 Bonnet
Rd. were involved in a mishap
at the intersection of Charlotte
and Fair Oaks at 8 a.m.
Emily Swope
Emily Swope, Hoover II i g h
junior, wa.. installed as vice
president of the Junior Red
Cross Chapter-wide Hi. h School
Council, at a dinner meeting,
Wednesday, May 11.
Other officers who wil] begin
■heil* terms with her next 1'aJi
are: Gary Rubin of Lincoln
High, president; Rose Marie
Ginnetli of Timken, corresponding secretary; and .MicheU0 Kesling of Sandy Valley, recording .secretary.
Guests at the meeting held at
the Canton .chapter headquariers
tvere the 1960-61 school represen-
.atives.
Emily, who is very active in
school and church affairs, has
Deen chosen to represent Norih
Canton at Girls State this summer. Local delegates io this
event are co-sponsored by the
North Cam..n American Legion
Auxiliary, ,;he PTA and the Woman's Cub.
She plays drums in both the
school band and orchestra and
sings second alto in the choir.
Emily is a member of the
Future Nurses Club, the Chemistry Club and National Honor
Society.
This is her first year as a
member of the Canton Council
of the Junior Red Cr. ss, but she
has been a member of the
school council since the seventh
grade.
Emily also is active in rhe
CYF at the Community Christian Church.
Emily is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon ..wope of 902
Woodrow
President for the lale afternoon meeting was Linda Hcstnik
this year's council i resident.
She, too, is a Hoover High
student.
struction Co. of Akron at a bid
of $144,896.
Council intends to purchase
the M-acre Middlesworth properly at Ihe end of W. Maple
St. at a cos. of $14,000, to be
paid over a two-year period.
This land, along with a section immediately to the north,
would be turned into another
city park.
The transfer of fund.s to .the
general fund brought the total
transfer for lhe year to $30,000
nearly half the alloted $65,000.
The first item on the evening's
agenda, which brought, a delegation of residents from the vicinity of the stadium, was .somewhat a repeat of last council
meeting's opener, with lhe exception that after much exchange of comments, a steering committee was formed to
iron out the problems of North
Canton's midget aiuo racing and
a race track.
Residents in the area near the
race track, now located on
seluo! board ground at the Mem.
, oria] Stadium, have objected to
| the noise and dust caused by
lacing there.
Councilman John Weber .suggested another possible location
i n* the- track and asked those
men attending the council meeting to seek to cooperate with
inusr adults backing the midget
car raci,-g for Ihe youngsters
of Norlh Canion.
Councilman Rus-cll Youtz, a
member of the safety committee,
was named to organize a meeting betw..on representatives of
council, thc racing organization,
the opp nents of the track, and
members of lhe Elks Club, which
has shown interest in backing
racing for youth.
The track was prepared and
has been supervised by North
Canton Police Chief Russell
.-'mith.
Contractor Karl Roberts, also
present at. the council session,
offered his equipment and services, to prepare another track
ai a more suitable location. Thc
other suggested site is on Free-
tConnnued on Page Five)
cn
leots 13 Coy pies
New officers were elected at
the Monday night meeting of
ihe North Canton Music As :n.
The election highlighted the
business portion of the meeting
held in the North Canton Junior-
High auditorium. Presen.ing the
program for the evening was
the North Canlon Junior High
Band under the direction of
Lynn Gilmore.
Elected were:
Band, one-year terms. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Dunmire and Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Vogel: two-year
terms, Mr. and Mrs Byron firu-
bak.r, Dr. and Mrs'. Myrl Musgrave, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kidder and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Weston.
Orchestra, one-year terms,
Mr. ar.d Mrs. Dewey Yonally;
■two-year terms, Mr.' and Mrs.
Wayne Graybill and Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Shafer.
Choir, one-year terms, Mr.
and Mrs. William Kol. and Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Trier; two-year
terms, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Holl and Mr. and Mrs. Don Newbauer.
Top Award Artists
Still amazed at his first-place ribbin even days alter the
1960 May Art Show opened at the North Canton Little Art
Gallery young Richard Manley glances at his adult counterpart, Harry Armstrong, who won the top prize in the adult
division. In the upper left-hand corner of the photograph
hangs Ricky's tempera, "Florida." and his prize ribbon.
The 19th annual May exhibition of works by area artists will
be on view at the gallery throughout the month.